CVE-2023-53675

24

FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-53675 is a high-severity out-of-bounds access vulnerability in the Linux kernel's SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) component, specifically within the ses_enclosure_data_process() function. An attacker with local privileges could exploit this to achieve high confidentiality and availability impacts. While the CVSS score is 7.1, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there any evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		>= 2.6.25, < 4.14.308CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
		>= 4.15, < 4.19.276CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
		>= 4.20, < 5.4.235CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
		>= 5.5, < 5.10.173CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
		>= 5.11, < 5.15.99CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

1.8

Impact Score

5.2

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.14%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

3.8%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-24

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0014 is in the 18th percentile among its peer group of 16,985 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (18)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle SupportFixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1160.145.1.rt56.1297.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.145.1.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-193.181.1.el8_2

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-305.183.1.el8_4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-OnFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-305.183.1.el8_4

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.175.1.el8_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update ServiceFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.175.1.el8_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-372.175.1.el8_6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update ServiceFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-477.124.1.el8_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-477.124.1.el8_8

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-70.161.1.el9_0

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-70.161.1.rt21.233.el9_0

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-284.152.1.el9_2

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.152.1.rt14.437.el9_2

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-53675Moderate

kernel: scsi: ses: Fix possible desc_ptr out-of-bounds accesses

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/414418abc19fa4ccf730d273061a426c07a061d6

Patch

git.kernel.org / stable/c/4b8cae410472653a59e15af62c57c49b8e0a1201

Patch

git.kernel.org / stable/c/584892fd29a41ef424a148118a3103b16b94fb8c

Patch

git.kernel.org / stable/c/72021ae61a2bc6ca73cd593e255a10ed5f5dc5e7

Patch

git.kernel.org / stable/c/79ec5dd5fb07ecaea2f978c2d7a9f2f3526e4d19

Patch

git.kernel.org / stable/c/801ab13d50cf3d26170ee073ea8bb4eececb76ab

Patch

git.kernel.org / stable/c/c315560e3ef77c1d822249f1743e647dc9c9912a

Patch

git.kernel.org / stable/c/cffe09ca0555e235a42d6fa065e463c4b3d5b657

Patch